Part Four: More News and Bad News
"Then all these yellow spotted lizards were crawling all over me. But I was brave enough to face them myself. I scared them off as I grabbed the Warden's gun and fired at them. Of course I didn't really hit the poor little things...."
Magnet rested his chin in his hands, poking his fork in his food while Hilary told HER side of the story. Of course she didn't REALLY fight off those yellow spotted lizards. Magnet even bet she'd never even seen one.
Adam and Mark were also listening, though they believed it. How many other lies had Hilary told them? Finally lunch was over and he could get away from that wretched story.
Magnet found himself starving by the time he got home, because ever since Hilary started eating lunch with him, he hadn't had the stomach to eat anything. Today he was going to order a pizza and have a good lunch.
"Oh Jose!" came the familiar call.
Magnet didn't answer. He just kept walking.
"Jose! Can you hear me?" she called again. People were watching her, and she started to panic.
"JOSE!" she shouted.
Magnet turned around, looking surprised. "Are you talking to me? Then you must have forgotten that my name's Magnet." then he turned around again, starting down the road. People gave Hilary and Magnet weird looks.
"It's a nickname... thing..." Hilary said to them, smiled a fake smile, then she ran angrily off towards Magnet.
"Jos- Magnet. You're supposed to wait for me." she said, catching up with him.
"Silly me." he muttered, sounding bored. Hilary looked read to explode.
"That's it. If you blow my top one more time-"
"You'll tell everyone more lies? Well, then I'll just have to tap you're mouth shut and lock you in the janitor's closet..... with all those buckets of throw up."
Hilary gaped at him, then put her hands on her hips. "You can't do that to me."
"Oh yeah? I'll just get us both in detention, then when the teacher falls asleep- in you go." He grinned, then took out his key and started to open the door. He heard Hilary scowling. Then she blocked his way from getting inside.
"Come on I want to order my pizza!" he said. Suddenly Hilary grinned that evil grin.
What now?
"You BETTER share that pizza and talk with me for the rest of your school career and be nice to me, or I'll go on AIM and tell BOOKWORM07 those *Ahem* lies."
Magnet was the one who was gaping at her now. "How do you know her sn?"
"I have my ways." she said, still blocking the doorway with a smug look on her face.
"Fine." he said, then barged into the house.
*
Hilary kept looking at every little thing in Magnet's house, even a speck of dust. Magnet was getting suspicious. When the pizza came, first only Hilary was talking. Or, continuing her story that is.
"Why are you telling me this you know I know it's not true." he said.
Hilary suddenly stood up, and glared at him. "Are you calling me a liar?"
"Uh, yeah!" he said, and took another bite of his pizza. She sat down again, still glaring.
"You are sooooooooooooo dead after I can stop this pretending." she said.
"What do you mean?" he said, suddenly staring at her. Then she looked surprised, then anxious.
"Oh, nothing." she said quickly, then she took another slice.
"No.... you said something...." he said.
"No I didn't." she said quickly she started eating.
Magnet didn't answer, but he was still staring at her.
*
Later that day Hilary started looking through some of Magnet's stuff.
"Hey! Get out of there!" he said, grabbing one of the boxes out of her hand.
"Why, what's in it?"
"Who cares what's in it! It's mine and you should leave it alone."
Hilary's grinned. "It must be something from Becky, right?"
"Maybe."
She grinned wider. "What is it."
"I'm not telling you!"
"Why not?" she out on her puppy dog face, and when Magnet didn't do anything, she grabbed the box, and started reading the top of it.
"HEY! Give it back!" he shouted, but Hilary started running around the house with it, still reading the top of it.
TO JOSE, AKA MAGNET
Read, answer, take, then send to: Squid
His address sticker is in the box.
"What does that mean?" she asked aloud.
"It means that she's sending a box to all of the guys in D-tent. It's a pass on box, as she calls it." said Magnet, still trying to get it back.
"Why haven't you sent it back yet?"
"Because I'm still writing an answer to her letter inside it."
"What else is inside it?" she said, shaking it.
"No! Don't shake it! Now give me it back!" He finally had it in his hands, but they were both pulling it. Suddenly the phone rang.
"HA! You have to answer the phone." said Hilary. Magnet glared at her, then at the phone. He tried pulling it and Hilary over to where the phone was, but it didn't work.
'Just give it up and let me see!" said Hilary.
"NO! It's for D Tent's only."
"I was in D-Tent." she pointed out.
"D Tent BOYS only." he said. Then the answering machine went off, and they stopped. Someone's voice came out of it. It was Becky's.
"Hello? Magnet? It's me, Becky." they heard her sigh. "I know you're not here right now, but can you call me back as soon as possible?" she sighed again, then sniffed. She was crying. "I really need to talk to you." There was a hesitation. "My grandpa just died." then she hung up.
Magnet stared at the phone, looking like he was in a daze. Then he dropped the box, the same time Hilary let go, and it fell to the floor, box open, and everything fell out.
[I wanted to put another part in this chapter, but I decided to take it out. But I think it's still very good, yet very sad. Please review!]
"Then all these yellow spotted lizards were crawling all over me. But I was brave enough to face them myself. I scared them off as I grabbed the Warden's gun and fired at them. Of course I didn't really hit the poor little things...."
Magnet rested his chin in his hands, poking his fork in his food while Hilary told HER side of the story. Of course she didn't REALLY fight off those yellow spotted lizards. Magnet even bet she'd never even seen one.
Adam and Mark were also listening, though they believed it. How many other lies had Hilary told them? Finally lunch was over and he could get away from that wretched story.
Magnet found himself starving by the time he got home, because ever since Hilary started eating lunch with him, he hadn't had the stomach to eat anything. Today he was going to order a pizza and have a good lunch.
"Oh Jose!" came the familiar call.
Magnet didn't answer. He just kept walking.
"Jose! Can you hear me?" she called again. People were watching her, and she started to panic.
"JOSE!" she shouted.
Magnet turned around, looking surprised. "Are you talking to me? Then you must have forgotten that my name's Magnet." then he turned around again, starting down the road. People gave Hilary and Magnet weird looks.
"It's a nickname... thing..." Hilary said to them, smiled a fake smile, then she ran angrily off towards Magnet.
"Jos- Magnet. You're supposed to wait for me." she said, catching up with him.
"Silly me." he muttered, sounding bored. Hilary looked read to explode.
"That's it. If you blow my top one more time-"
"You'll tell everyone more lies? Well, then I'll just have to tap you're mouth shut and lock you in the janitor's closet..... with all those buckets of throw up."
Hilary gaped at him, then put her hands on her hips. "You can't do that to me."
"Oh yeah? I'll just get us both in detention, then when the teacher falls asleep- in you go." He grinned, then took out his key and started to open the door. He heard Hilary scowling. Then she blocked his way from getting inside.
"Come on I want to order my pizza!" he said. Suddenly Hilary grinned that evil grin.
What now?
"You BETTER share that pizza and talk with me for the rest of your school career and be nice to me, or I'll go on AIM and tell BOOKWORM07 those *Ahem* lies."
Magnet was the one who was gaping at her now. "How do you know her sn?"
"I have my ways." she said, still blocking the doorway with a smug look on her face.
"Fine." he said, then barged into the house.
*
Hilary kept looking at every little thing in Magnet's house, even a speck of dust. Magnet was getting suspicious. When the pizza came, first only Hilary was talking. Or, continuing her story that is.
"Why are you telling me this you know I know it's not true." he said.
Hilary suddenly stood up, and glared at him. "Are you calling me a liar?"
"Uh, yeah!" he said, and took another bite of his pizza. She sat down again, still glaring.
"You are sooooooooooooo dead after I can stop this pretending." she said.
"What do you mean?" he said, suddenly staring at her. Then she looked surprised, then anxious.
"Oh, nothing." she said quickly, then she took another slice.
"No.... you said something...." he said.
"No I didn't." she said quickly she started eating.
Magnet didn't answer, but he was still staring at her.
*
Later that day Hilary started looking through some of Magnet's stuff.
"Hey! Get out of there!" he said, grabbing one of the boxes out of her hand.
"Why, what's in it?"
"Who cares what's in it! It's mine and you should leave it alone."
Hilary's grinned. "It must be something from Becky, right?"
"Maybe."
She grinned wider. "What is it."
"I'm not telling you!"
"Why not?" she out on her puppy dog face, and when Magnet didn't do anything, she grabbed the box, and started reading the top of it.
"HEY! Give it back!" he shouted, but Hilary started running around the house with it, still reading the top of it.
TO JOSE, AKA MAGNET
Read, answer, take, then send to: Squid
His address sticker is in the box.
"What does that mean?" she asked aloud.
"It means that she's sending a box to all of the guys in D-tent. It's a pass on box, as she calls it." said Magnet, still trying to get it back.
"Why haven't you sent it back yet?"
"Because I'm still writing an answer to her letter inside it."
"What else is inside it?" she said, shaking it.
"No! Don't shake it! Now give me it back!" He finally had it in his hands, but they were both pulling it. Suddenly the phone rang.
"HA! You have to answer the phone." said Hilary. Magnet glared at her, then at the phone. He tried pulling it and Hilary over to where the phone was, but it didn't work.
'Just give it up and let me see!" said Hilary.
"NO! It's for D Tent's only."
"I was in D-Tent." she pointed out.
"D Tent BOYS only." he said. Then the answering machine went off, and they stopped. Someone's voice came out of it. It was Becky's.
"Hello? Magnet? It's me, Becky." they heard her sigh. "I know you're not here right now, but can you call me back as soon as possible?" she sighed again, then sniffed. She was crying. "I really need to talk to you." There was a hesitation. "My grandpa just died." then she hung up.
Magnet stared at the phone, looking like he was in a daze. Then he dropped the box, the same time Hilary let go, and it fell to the floor, box open, and everything fell out.
[I wanted to put another part in this chapter, but I decided to take it out. But I think it's still very good, yet very sad. Please review!]